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Career Mentors Are Good For You
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CAREER MENTORS ARE GOOD FOR YOUPauline Byers MBE
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Before Finding a Career Mentor Questions to consider:
• Why do you need a Career Mentor?• How can a career mentor help• Where do you want to be in 5 years?• Have you completed a SWOT analysis?• Have you created a 5 year plan?• Think Win! Win!• Don’t Play the Victim
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What is a career mentor?
A career mentor is someone• who provides career advice
and assistance.
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What is a career mentor
Guide you throughout or aspects of your career.
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Advice given is:• indispensable both starting out • when moving up the career ladder.
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How can a Career Mentor Help?
• set and achieve goals• avoid career mistakes• navigate office politics• and bureaucracy.
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Tips for Finding a Good Mentor
Research the field and find out about the people who are in it.
Create a list of people who seem like good fits with you
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Begin by • Start contacting them slowly
at first - a polite and formal email, for example - and see who responds.
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Forming A relationship• Try to form a relationship, and get to know their
personalities even as you try to exhibit yours.
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• Go with your gut feelings• When you find the right mentor, you'll know it.
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• People like helping other people!
• By asking a prospective mentor for help
• they are being told they are admired for what they do#
• career is in demand
• experiences and insights are valuable to others
• start asking, you'll be surprised how receptive people are.
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• A mentor should have experience in the field or specialty in which you work, or aspire to work
• Choose a mentor who is local or nearby, if possible, and ideally someone in your organisation
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What to look for
• Find a mentor who has a good balance
• similarities
• and differences compared to your strengths and weaknesses.
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Steps to Perusing Your Dream Job• Find someone who already
works in that field who can offer guidance and advice
• Do it afraid / Feel the fear and do it
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Developing and Advancing your Career for Success
• Networking • Navigate politics and • Learn what they didn't
teach you in school.
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What Your Mentor Will Encourage You to Do
Raise Your Profile • Look for suitable jobs
• Read job specification
• Join a Recruitment Company – tell them the type of role you are interested in
• Aim High
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Committ to Personal Investment
• Keep you CV updated and professional (not more than 2 pages
• Complete a 5 year plan• Work to a Excellent standard• Maintain a professional portfolio • Access Regular training and Complete
Appropriate training• Invest 10% of your income into your CPD
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Networking
Start early• to maintain contact join
professional associations and attend meetings when possible.
• a national society or professional association etc.
• Never stop networking – Even if you have a great job.
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NETWORKING • Assume each person you meet is a valuable connection. • If you leave a company, be sure to leave on good terms, try to stay
in touch.
• Combine “inter-net-working” with face-to-face personal networking.
• When networking online, use reputable sites and obey the rules
• Get out and About! The more places you go, events you attend, and people you meet, the more successful you’ll be